Creating a hidden password protected folder in Windows

Hey guys, do u have any secret files to keep it hidden without having to install any third party application. Then you are in right place, here I am gonna give you a trick for hiding your files by using few shell scripts, and by the way remember, this trick is for windows users.


So lets get started
First copy the following codes:

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice. 
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>" 
if NOT %pass%==password goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end 
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End 
:End

Now create a file named pass.bat [remember the extension of file is bat]and paste the above copied code and save it.

Now open above file named pass.bat, and this event will create a folder named Locker.
Now copy and paste any files or folder which is to be made secure inside this folder Locker and now again open the batch file pass.bat. Now you will be asked a question
Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)?

Now if you press Y then the secret folder will be hidden and secure. If you want to see your files then just open the file pass.bat and it will ask you for a password to unlock the folder.

Remember the password is "password" [though password can be changed by editing the batch file], so type this password and you can again see the hidden folder. And thats how you gonna create a secure location in windows.

Hence the this process involves 5 basic steps:
1. Copy above given code and paste it to a text file and save it as pass.bat
2. Open currently saved file pass.bat and a folder will be created named Locker in the same
    location as the file pass.bat
3. Move all your secret contents (files & folders) in the currently created folder Locker
4. Now again open file pass.bat, and it will ask you for locking your folder, and here you
    need to press Y.
5. Pressing Y makes the folder hidden and secured. So later if you want to see your files then
    just open the file pass.bat and enter the password "password". And you are done.



Though this process seems to be cool and secure, it is not so much secure as done by other third party applications. This methods just remakes our folder as a system files of OS and for this process it actually renames the folder name "locker " to "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}".
So this is the reason that you can still see it if you have unchecked hide the protected operating system files in folder option which is by default checked so you are not seeing the secured folder.